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ay ... ay ay ay ay ay ay ... the and Jerry Sithe Wall Street John all Washington bureau chief ... Jerry thank you for joining us ... did the year the U S news or has muted and ... Egypt as a critical ally and its millet re an aide to slap with and that does this move put that in jeopardy now ... well I don't think necessarily so because of you watched us comments over the last forty eight hours ... they've not exactly this curious the army effect I think that maybe this story that emerges here in the U S but didn't exactly encourage the army to take the step into today but it certainly said nothing ... given all Walpole opportunities in the last two days to say something that stirs the army for moving in ... and making a change so I think the question the streets of Cairo may very well be did the U S flash of the green light that that this could happen ... on its whole the army essentially a private wheel with no clue that wouldn't go to Carol the two billion dollars or so of the military aid the US and Egypt every year ... but I don't think he is going to view this as a coup this is the army facilitating a change of power from one civilian ... to another civilian ... though probably not consider that it too and therefore I'm not sure that it's been apparel way ... and maybe a nice aloft money and it's not so presumably for it to continue to be not considered a coup but merely a a a transition ... they do need Schedule byelection family quickly so I ... hope that the I think so and I think the Army has to say then be fair the Egyptian military ... it's been fairly good for several years now about saying this to all the turmoil ... we don't want to take power we don't wanna run the country ... now there was a period right after causing the mark left for that was called into question ... what I think at this point the US probably takes the military at its word when it says that ... jealousy see that the chief of staff has pretty good ties to Washington I think he's got he's built a certain level of confidence in the Pentagon and beyond in the administration ... I think they're gonna give the army the benefit of the Dow ... but they're also to be very careful because this this bill is indicated ... tensions are very high potential for real conflict for almost a civil war ... is there right now on I hope I it is ... but you can't dismiss in the US is gonna make sure that it places right so it doesn't seem to encourage ... actual conflict have failed ... to join the Senate's the being that the risk of civil war has everybody on it right I mean ... is ... that that's not good for us is the isthe staffing of the page of the pie ... I can only get feeling is it that when not ... on the precipice of the civil war not in the way that Syria has fractured into a civil war for example Egypt is not built that way in the TV in the military manager can talk about is well ... the military is really there is kind of bedrock ... that that that got them through the last revolution and it's clearly now stepping up to try to get them through this huge ... emotional transition as well so I don't think that's where where we are but but the potential for ... I'm on leave ... Muslim Brotherhood backlash ... for a lot of internal violence ... worst case even something resembling a small insurgency I is probably that it's a charity walk continue in the US due to to help them not to happen is they can be words is again at the top ... aides to slow the economy that's not the right well ... yet well for Saul II where the bill am living Cairo for awhile that the Egyptian army is not the Syrian army it does not see as a factional de those are the militia ... it's an actual national institution one of the most important not the most important national institutions in the country ... is seen as a stabilizing force ... not a force for one faction or the other that's quite different from Syria Act a bill is totally right about that ... what can the US do I think one thing you have to keep in mind here ... is that if the US is gonna be honest the modest about this is not good chemistry discover a whole lot of ability to influence the situation ... in Egypt it was even the biggest backer of the Morsi government that was the government of gutter ... which provided three billion dollars in aid to keep it afloat recently so ... I think what I think the striking to me here ... is a little influence the US seems to have now ... taken ... it can influence the process to some extent now by moving into ... to the dog of our day somebody that the US does well in the Egyptian military in this dish with which it has good ties ... to certain to insist upon comp ... in some kind of a fairly rapid transition to new elections to some kind of a new democratic process you will certainly do that ... how much effect it has will stay ... content and Gerri what are you looking for the next forty eight hours one set will be key things on your own checklist ... well I think the first thing is probably ... not the notion that that is a plan you know that which is way of return in Cairo today ... we have a plan when im implemented plan what is the plan and how fast is to get a Lexus ES item number one ... item number two that I'll be watching for an economics or the U S as much influence in this area ... is there to Bill niceness early is their conversation the kids started ... between the army and the Brotherhood ... or is the Brotherhood gonna be ... pushed to the side in shutout as it has been for so many years in Egypt before it came to power with Mr Morsi ... is the gonna be a dialogue between big government that exists now ... and the brother of ... top ten ... write stuff we will keep anomalous things thank you Brian much Jerry Sithe of The will Street tunnel